For more than a century, the 1906 Antiquities Act has given the President extraordinary power over public lands. With a quick stroke of the pen, the President can create a national monument on federal lands to protect historic sites or structures. Since the bill was passed, 18 presidents have created 168 national monuments, but in
Updated July 13, 2026 07:41 pm President Donald Trump shrank the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in an executive order signed at a ceremony Monday afternoon in the presence of Utah legislators, cutting the protected areas by a combined 3 million acres. The order reduced the size of Bears Ears to
Sign up for the Outdoor Life newsletter Get the latest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. President Donald Trump today once again signed an executive order making cuts to two popular Utah national monuments, this time making even greater cuts than in 2017. This order is cut to size Bears Ears National Monument up 91% And
Published July 13, 2026 05:12 pm President Trump signed an executive order on July 13 reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah by nearly 3 million acres, leaving them at a fraction of their originally designated size. under him newly signed orderTrump reduced Bears Ears National Monument by about 121,000 acres and Grand